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Sunday, May 07, 2006

Rohrsburg Advanced School, Columbia County Pennsylvania

Rohrsburg School, Greenwood Township PA

A School Souvenir card from Rohrsburg Advanced School for school year 1896 - 1897. The school was in Greenwood Township, Columbia County Pa. This must have been the school yearbook back in those days. On the reverse are the classes and the names of the students, teacher and others involved with the school. In "A Class", pupils included Allie DeWitt, Grace Utt, Lizzie Bangs, Warren Utt, Minard Workheiser, Clyde Nagle, Clark Chilcote, Charles Parker, Pierce Rhone (see Generation 4, Whitenight History), Clark Kitchen, Clark Utt, Loney Walters, Jesse Gerrard, Swazze Black, and Elmer Kitchen

The School Directors are listed at Joseph Reece, George Dieffenbach, Wesley Albertson, Jacob Welliver, Eil Williver, and Galard McHenry. J. K. Miller was the County Superintendent and C. H. Potter was the teacher. The old card was published by H. G. Phillips, Publisher, Williamsport PA.

The bitter-sweet inscription on the reverse of the card says: "Ah me! those joyous days are gone! I little dreamt till they had flown. How fleeting were the hours." True as it ever was...and as it ever will be.